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- Album This song officially appears on the Liverpool Oratorio Official album.
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Song facts
“The Air Raid Siren Slices Through…” is the third track of the first movement – entitled “War” – of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, released in 1991.
I: WAR. 1942. A world at war. Sirens sound as bombs fall over Liverpool and despairing couples shelter underground. Amid the blaze and the chaos of an air raid, a child is born. And there is hope.
“Liverpool Oratorio” liner notes
Last updated on July 9, 2019
Lyrics
SHANTY
The air raid siren slices through
A night in 1942.
A couple sheltering in the gloom
Know all too well this waiting room
For often they have in the past
Been huddled close against the blast
Of doodle bugs and bombs galore,
They can't put up with any more.
So it was that I was born
Into this world one summer morning
And breaking through this brand new day
I hear the sound of warning.
CHORUS
(War, Ah)
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1991
2:09 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Ian Tracey :
- Chorus master and master of the choriste
- Jerry Hadley :
- Tenor
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Selections from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
Official album • Released in 1992
2:09 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Ian Tracey :
- Chorus master and master of the choriste
- Jerry Hadley :
- Tenor
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Live performances
“War - The Air Raid Siren Slices Through...” has been played in 2 concerts.
Latest concerts where War - The Air Raid Siren Slices Through... has been played
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 29, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 28, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
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